Andrew Bailey's first taste of the majors came when he would ride with his family across the Delaware River to watch the Phillies teams of the 1990s at Veterans Stadium. Bailey grew up in Haddonfield. He was 9 years old in 1993 when the Phillies won the pennant. Darren Daulton was his favorite player and Bailey recalls the way Mickey Morandini's name was announced.
And on Wednesday afternoon - for the first time in Bailey's career - the fan from South Jersey wore a Phillies uniform in South Philadelphia.
"I was very fortunate to wear a lot of prestigious big-league uniforms with Oakland and the Red Sox and Yankees," Bailey said after he was promoted from triple-A Lehigh Valley as lefthander James Russell was designated for assignment.